Infant
31infant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English enfaunt, from Anglo French enfant, from Latin infant , infans, from infant , infans, adjective, incapable of speech, young, from in + fant , fans, present participle of fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th… …
32INFANT — ANTE. s. Titre qu on donne aux enfants puînés des rois d Espagne et de Portugal. L infant d Espagne. Le cardinal infant. Ce prince épousa l infante de Portugal, une des infantes …
33Infant — A child up to 2 years (24 months) of age. The word infant came from the Latin infans which was derived from in , not + Fari, to speak = not to speak, speechless. The idea was that, since the ability to speak was thought to arrive at the age of… …
34infant — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, aboriginal, adolescent, angel, antenatal, apprentice, arrested, autochthonous, babe, babish, baby, baby bunting, babyish, bambino, bantling, bay, beginner, beginning, budding, callow, catechumen, child,… …
35infant — noun 1》 a very young child or baby. 2》 Brit. a schoolchild between the ages of five and seven. 3》 [as modifier] denoting something in an early stage of development: the infant universe. 4》 Law a person who has not attained legal majority. Origin… …
36infant — 1. noun a fretful infant Syn: baby, newborn, young child, (tiny) tot, little one, papoose; Medicine neonate; informal tiny; literary babe, babe in arms, suckling 2. adjective an infant stage Syn: developing, emergent, emerging, embryonic …
37Infant — Infantenkrone (Spanien) …
38infant — [14] Etymologically, an infant is ‘someone who cannot yet speak’. The word comes via Old French enfant from Latin infāns ‘young child’, a noun use of the adjective infāns, originally ‘unable to speak’, which was formed from the negative prefix in …
39infant — [14] Etymologically, an infant is ‘someone who cannot yet speak’. The word comes via Old French enfant from Latin infāns ‘young child’, a noun use of the adjective infāns, originally ‘unable to speak’, which was formed from the negative prefix in …
40infant — n. 1 a a child during the earliest period of its life. b Brit. a schoolchild below the age of seven years. 2 (esp. attrib.) a thing in an early stage of its development. 3 Law a minor; a person under 18. Phrases and idioms: infant mortality death …
